morac
01-04-2007, 09:33 PM
Sorry if this has been brought up, but I tried searching and didn't find this.
I'm curious as to what is the lowest OTA and cable signals the TiVo can handle and still get a perfect picture?
The cable installer told me that the TiVo Series 3 has a very good error correction mechanism built in (better than most set top boxes).
From my brief experience the cable signals need to be at least 90 for a good picture. Most channels I get have a signal strength of 100 or 97, but a few channels reported a signal of 87 and I saw occasional glitches on those channels. I removed a splitter and got the signal up to 93 on those channels and it seemed better on those channels.
The OTA seems to be more forgiving of signal issues. I've had signals as low as 80 and didn't see glitches, but then I've seen glitches with 78 signal. Unfortunately I haven't been able to set up my antenna so that all channels get a good signal. Either most channels get signals in the 90's and a few 70's or less or most channels get in the 80's. This is with an gain boosting indoor directional antenna sitting on top of the TV.
I'm curious as to what is the lowest signal strength you've seen without any problems.
I'm curious as to what is the lowest OTA and cable signals the TiVo can handle and still get a perfect picture?
The cable installer told me that the TiVo Series 3 has a very good error correction mechanism built in (better than most set top boxes).
From my brief experience the cable signals need to be at least 90 for a good picture. Most channels I get have a signal strength of 100 or 97, but a few channels reported a signal of 87 and I saw occasional glitches on those channels. I removed a splitter and got the signal up to 93 on those channels and it seemed better on those channels.
The OTA seems to be more forgiving of signal issues. I've had signals as low as 80 and didn't see glitches, but then I've seen glitches with 78 signal. Unfortunately I haven't been able to set up my antenna so that all channels get a good signal. Either most channels get signals in the 90's and a few 70's or less or most channels get in the 80's. This is with an gain boosting indoor directional antenna sitting on top of the TV.
I'm curious as to what is the lowest signal strength you've seen without any problems.